New Freebies
Welcome to FreebieList.com's New Freebies section. We update regularly with the latest free stuff and place the most notable items in this category. If you happen to stumble across an outdated link, we'd very much appreciate it if you could report it for the benefit of other visitors. If you own your own site and would like to gain a listing on FreebieList.com, submit your site for review.
Fonts & Things Christmas Fonts
Provides a small but high quality collection of free Christmas fonts, including "Frozen", "Christmas Card", "Christmas Lights", "Festival Nights", "Ornamental" and more. All are ideal for use when creating Christmas cards and letters, or for sprucing up your own personal Web pages. The fonts included at this site are freeware and available in .zip files.
Free BBC Christmas Food Recipes
Head on over to the BBC Food Web site to find a whole host of free recipes from top BBC chefs, including Nigella Lawson, Rick Stein, Antonio Carluccio and others. The site features recipes for both food and drink, and covers traditional and unique meals. Check out how to create the perfect Christmas pudding in the video tutorial by Lesley Waters. Printable recipes are also available here.
Free Presentation Helper PowerPoint Slides
Do you need to deliver a slide presentation to your colleagues? Visit this site for various resources to help spruce up your slides, including free PowerPoint templates, clipart and sounds. Be sure to view their free editable PowerPoint newspaper slides, which provide an exciting design twist on a traditional newspaper layout!
Free Christmas Desktop Wallpers
Brighten up your computer desktop with this selection of festive Christmas wallpapers. Over 20 high quality wallpaper backgrounds can be downloaded here, completely free of charge. Many of the wallpapers are available in various screen resolutions, depending on your preference.
Free Hand-drawn Social Media Icon Set
Are you a Web designer? Check out this site, where you can download a free hand-drawn social media icon set, absolutely free of charge. A total of 12 icons are available in the collection, which includes icons for delicious, Digg, Mixx, DesignBump, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Developer Zone, DesignFloat, Technorati, Twitter, RSS feeds and also an e-mail icon.
Free Gibson Guitars MP3 Downloads
Music fans might like to check out this large collection of free MP3 files from Gibson Guitars. It features approximately 400 downloads from lesser-known artists, including Joe Callicott, Sean O'Bryan Smith and Charles Caldwel. The music encompasses a wide range of genres, from rock and pop to folk and disco.
Free SpeedBit Video Accelerator
Do you watch a lot of YouTube videos? Try this program, it helps to speed up streaming videos so they are faster and smoother. The free version of SpeedBit "significantly reduces buffering problems and video interruptions". The program functions equally well with dial-up and broadband Internet connections.
Free Splenda Sweetener Sample
You can request a free sample of Splenda the no-calorie sweetener at this site. You can select from either Splenda "No Calorie Sweetener Flavors For Coffee" or "No Calorie Sweetener with Fiber". Please note: this freebie is only available to U.S. residents whilst stocks last. There is a limited of one sample per household. (U.S. Only)
ShinyStat
Tracking your site's visitors is very important if you're a Webmaster and this service offers a free counter for users operating "not for profit" sites. ShinyStat provides a neat overview of your site's statistics and logs information such as referring sites, unique visitors, page views, search keywords, etc. Perhaps the only real downside is the "free" counter cannot be made invisible.
Orbit Downloader
A handy piece of free software that works on conjunction with most popular Web browsers to help you download files and retrieve social media streams. This "next generation" download manager is particularly useful in helping you to select downloads or streams whilst browsing the Web. Videos, music and other streaming media can be grabbed and downloaded at the touch of a button. If you regularly download, this may prove an invaluable tool. It's not the prettiest piece of software, but it sure comes in handy!
KidZui
A free, safe and entertaining Web browsing application, specifically designed for children. Download KidZui and you'll know that your kids have a safe learning environment that rewards curiosity and builds independence. The browser will connect children to hundreds of kid-friendly Web sites, games, pictures and videos. The program also includes customisable parental control options. Give it a go!
SiteUptime
Web site hosts can be notoriously unreliable at times. If you have little downtime, count yourself lucky! To assist you in monitoring periods where your site may be offline or unresponsive, visit SiteUptime, a Web monitoring service. Their "free" package allows you to monitor one domain with 30 and 60 minute checks, which e-mail you in event of any downtime. Excellent commercial upgrades are available.
SmartDefrag
A great freeware program that helps to speed up your computer by defragmenting the hard disk drive. Marketed as "the world's most efficient disk defragmenter", SmartDefrag works tirelessly to combat disk fragmentation (a major cause of reduced PC performance). We've had a number of reports that this program performs as good as, if not better, than the "Defrag" application supplied with Windows.
Free Playtex Gentle Glide Sample
U.S. residents can request a free sample of Playtex Gentle Glide by clicking the large "Free Sample" image (bottom left) and then completing the online form. You may choose from the following freebies: 1 light and 2 regular unscented tampons, 3 ultra unscented tampons or 3 regular unscented tampons. Allow approximately 6-8 weeks for delivery. (U.S. Only)
ManageMyAlerts
Do you have trouble remembering important dates and occasions? If so, be sure to check out this free reminder service. ManageMyAlerts is a simple and effective method to create reminder alerts for birthdays, anniversaries, appointments, etc. It takes less than a few minutes to join and you'll be able to create, delete and edit alerts as you wish, directly via your Web browser.